mwah! Air kisses distant cousins of those other modern affectations fist touch elbow touch mwah! I’ve often wondered where air kisses end up those vacuous virtue signalling symbols of the shallowness of modern life designed more for affect than a … read more…
Some of you will remember an earlier blog on the sculpture I made for the Donor Tissue Bank Victoria (DTBV). The sculpture was completed, delivered and unveiled last year and has been on display in a temporary home in the foyer … read more…
Some of you might know that I have been working on sculpture commission for the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine(VIFM) for the Donor Tissue Bank of Victoria (DTBV). Some time ago, Professor Stephen Cordner asked if I would create … read more…
THE FORGE All I know is a door into the dark. Outside, old axles and iron hoops rusting; Inside, the hammered anvil’s short-pitched ring, The unpredictable fantail of sparks Or hiss when a new shoe toughens in water. The anvil … read more…
“Barbarism is not the prehistory of humanity but the faithful shadow that accompanies its every step”. Alain Finkielkraut – Le mecontemporain Clive James chose this quote for the opening of his book ‘Cultural Cohesion – the Essential Essays’. Alain Finkielkraut … read more…